I'm pretty sure they would have been installed with the trim after the body was painted. The finish would have been pretty shiny at first but would have soon oxidized like the door sill plates. They would have been easily scratched if painted. They're easy to keep shiny if polished.

Those zinc escutcheons for the side curtain rod holes were left bright. You can see them shining on old photos. Note the pair on this '26 touring, they are shiny.

They can only be found at swaps, or try to advertise for 'em. I had one spare, but had to use it, as driving down the road heard a 'tink--tink' sound of metal hitting the road, into the grass. Yep, the one on the passenger rear door left and took flight Replacement now has a dab of JB Weld!

Interesting, would really need a stamping machine to produce these "as print" and I think I would add two tabs a little longer on the sides to bend over to keep the dang'd things from coming out on their own!

Be aware that commercial use, i.e. making parts for sale to others, with the specifications on the Ford drawing I posted as noted for reference use only, will require your written authorization and compensation to the Benson Ford Research Library. Ford owns the part specs on this drawing.

I tried to remove one today from a junk door. I worked on it over an hour, very carefully trying to pry it loose. It was almost like it was "rolled" into the hole with a slight "flair" to the inside. It finally started to crack and even after it broke into two pieces, the inside piece was still hard to get out. I thought I bent it really bad as it leans to one side. But after looking at the drawing there is a 67 degree slant to the part. I am assuming that is so the "flair" is at the same slope as the top of the door, and the "tube" part is plumb with the door so the curtain rod will align with the lower inside hole in the door. I was hoping to re-use it on my rust-bucket very early 26 touring. It is missing two of the grommets. The two that are still in the rust bucket touring are as solid as this one was. I would think "close enough" would work for your own car, but selling them, they would need to be "correct" Hope the pictures of the remains help. submitted with respect, Donnie Brown ....

I was just in Wally World and went to the sewing section looking for upholstery needles when I saw some aluminum eyelets that look very close to the period pieces you pictured. I think they were under $2.00 for twelve. Perhaps they can be modified to work. Just a thought.